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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Hidehiko Kuboshima, Haibara-gun, JP;
Shinichi Tsuchiya, Haibara-gun, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A retaining structure for a flexible O-ring which is used for sealing a gap between an electrical device and an electrical connector to be mounted directly on an electrical device, comprises a pressing projection provided on an inner peripheral wall of an O-ring-receiving groove for a connector housing, and a notch portion provided for an outer peripheral wall of the O-ring-receiving groove on the opposite side of the pressing projection, wherein an O-ring inserted into the O-ring-receiving groove is held by engagements by contacting portions defined by a pointed end of the pressing projection and oppositely disposed contacting portions P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 on an outer peripheral wall.